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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 4, 2021Lane County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2021, 5:56 PM CDT for Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2021, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 4, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 265 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 204 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
204 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-314 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

860 
WUUS53 KDDC 042256
SVRDDC
KSC101-171-042345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0123.210704T2256Z-210704T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
556 PM CDT Sun Jul 4 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Scott County in west central Kansas...
  Northwestern Lane County in west central Kansas...

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 556 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles north of
  Healy, moving south at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Healy and Manning.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3870 10041 3844 10050 3852 10095 3870 10083
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 021DEG 14KT 3878 10056 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

HOVORKA
1 follow-up statement
972 
WWUS53 KDDC 042322
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
622 PM CDT Sun Jul 4 2021

KSC101-171-042345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0123.000000T0000Z-210704T2345Z/
Scott KS-Lane KS-
622 PM CDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN LANE COUNTIES...

At 622 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Healy, moving
south at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Healy and Manning. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3870 10048 3845 10053 3852 10095 3870 10083
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 021DEG 14KT 3868 10061 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

HOVORKA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 12:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny42 min
Jul 4, 12:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny40 min
Jul 4, 1:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton52 min
Jul 4, 2:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant44 min
Jul 4, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman37 min
Jul 4, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman36 min
Jul 4, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray52 min
Jul 4, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell48 min
Jul 4, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman43 min
Jul 4, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee33 min
Jul 4, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Haskell, Meade, Seward38 min
Jul 4, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stanton45 min
Jul 4, 6:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward38 min
Jul 4, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell, Seward47 min
Jul 4, 6:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott41 min
Jul 4, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott40 min
Jul 4, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee50 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.